Right handed/left eye dominant shooting advice?

[CrazyLich]

As per the title, I've found myself in a bit of a tough spot with regards to shooting.

I'm definitively left-eye dominant but was raised right handed, so even though I'm technically ambidextrous (actually cross dominant, but it's the same outcome)I can't perform nearly as well with my left hand. My rifle is right-handed as well, so the brass ejects onto my arm if I'm shooting left handed.

My pistol is set up for left handed shooting, but I'm still much better with my right.

What's the best way to reconcile the two? Is it best to learn to shoot left-handed and just deal with the hot brass?

[alpineboard]

IMO, Good eye sight is not the decision maker. I have good eye sight, but do have floaters that sometimes go by in the sight picture, I sometimes deal with it, all fuzzy and sorts, take the shot, and still get a 10. All depends on what level any one is at. IMO
All is fine as long as you have good alignment in that fuzzy blur.

[rgibson]

I have had success coaching left eye dominant shooters who were already doing things right-handed by having them use a blocker(blinder) on the left eye while shooting right-handed. It is a good idea to get a new shooter to use their dominant eye/hand when starting out. You will have to decide which is easier to overcome: the left eye dominance or that you have been working right-handed. JMHO

[Ramon OP]

Go with the most comfortable for you

[Dr. Jim]

In forty years of pistol shooting, I have tried several alternatives since I was cross dominant until my left eye recently had an injury to the cornea and I found that my brain had shifted to right eye dominant, and I see no evidence of a shift back now that the injury has healed. I shot with a traditional dueling posture - feet in line at ight angle to the target and rested my chin almost on my right shoulder in order to get alignment. I tried a blinder on the left eye and normal stance which was physically less stressful, but did not make any difference to my scores, and I shifted back and forth a couple of times. I shot PPC for fun over a few years and was comfortable shifting hands and eye. I learned recently that numerous people experience shifts between master eyes, so it does seem to be a possibility. Cheers. Dr Jim

[Dmaryakh]

As I switched from right hand to left, i also decided to switch to the left eye (being right hand/eye dominant)

Looking over the bridge of the nose was too distracting so left hand/left eye offered the cleanest solution

[tangrou]

Beginner here. I have the same cross dominance combination. I shoot right handed. I don't like the idea of wearing glasses or a hat to support a blinder, so I simply started shooting with both eyes open and aligning the pistol with my left eye.

This was working well for a while but I disliked how twisted my wrist felt to get the correct alignment. I also tried looking up information online but couldn't find anything definitive about shooting with the non dominant eye. I eventually decided to just try forcing shooting with my right eye. With both eyes open there's some double vision going on, but honestly ive found it's not much worse than using my left eye and feel pretty comfortable after a few sessions shooting right hand/right eye.

[colinlp]

Have you thought about something like the Gehmann Crossover or the MEC Swap? Shoot right-handed but sight with your left eye

[Dmaryakh]

Beginner here. I have the same cross dominance combination. I shoot right handed. I don't like the idea of wearing glasses or a hat to support a blinder, so I simply started shooting with both eyes open and aligning the pistol with my left eye.

This was working well for a while but I disliked how twisted my wrist felt to get the correct alignment. I also tried looking up information online but couldn't find anything definitive about shooting with the non dominant eye. I eventually decided to just try forcing shooting with my right eye. With both eyes open there's some double vision going on, but honestly ive found it's not much worse than using my left eye and feel pretty comfortable after a few sessions shooting right hand/right eye.

Rink grip with 7 degree correction would help with alignment and wrist comfort (in case you are doing cross eye-hand)

[tangrou]

Currently I'm not doing cross eye/hand, I'm trying to see if I can just get used to right eye/right hand. I suppose I'll know for sure in a few months. If I feel like I just can't get there though I'll keep the angle adjustment in mind though, thank you!

I guess I feel like I have time to try to make this work because seeing the target clearly is not my biggest issue right now, compared to proper form, breathing, squeezing the trigger straight back, stabilizing my sight, and all that fun stuff.

[Ricardo]

As you can see, there are as many approaches as you can imagine. I'm strongly left-eye dominant but right handed and tried shooting pistol all the possible ways. Settled for left-handed, left-eyed. It's frustrating during the months (many) when you're experimenting because your scores are pretty poor and you may start doubting yourself. I do shoot rifle right-handed (just plinking) and for some reason in this case I don't mind using my right eye; I just stopped trying to be logical about it and went with what works.